Tiled roof.



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TILED ROOF.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1903.

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WILHELM LUDOWICI, OF MUNICH, GERMANY.

TILED ROOF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 772,363, dated October 18, 1904.

Application filed August 19, 1903. Serial No. 170,032. (No model.)

c fir/ZZ whom if; may concern:

Be it known that I, WILHELM LUDoWIcI, a

.l subject of the King of Bavaria, residing at the l the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to tiled roofs resembling those employed by the ancient Greeks in building temples.

My improved roofing, while being tempestproof, does not require the employment of mortar. The joints are simple, but very effective.

My invention consists in the combination with tiles having stepped and recessed sides which when two tiles are laid together form small chambers or mortises, of ridge or covering tiles with lateral fillets, and tenons titting into the said mortises.

My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2 an under side view, of the flat tile. Fig. 3 is'a section on the line m fc of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. and Fig. 5 a front elevation, of the tile. Fig. 6 is a section on the line y 1/ of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a plan of the ridge or covering tile. Fig. 8 is an under side view of the same. Fig. 9 is a section on the line w w of Fig. 7. Fig. l() is a section through two flat tiles with ridgetile, taken on the line o c of Fig. 12, only the joining portions of the iiat tiles being shown. Fig. 1l is a section through two flat tiles with ridge-tile, taken on the line n a of Fig. 12, portions of the fiat tiles being broken away. Fig. 12 is a section through the ridge-tile on the line s s of Fig. 8, the cooperating iiat tile being shown in elevation. Fig. 13 is a plan of a piece of finished roofing drawn to a reduced scale.

The tile consists of a flat slab c, having the sides inwardly stepped at b. At one end of the slab are the fillets or ribs c Z e, and at the opposite end on the under side of the slab are the nib-fillets f g L. Below the ribs c Z c a nib-iillet t' is also provided. The [illets or steps I) are recessed at f; 7c, which recesses at each joint form with the like recesses of the adjacent tile small chambers.

The ridge-tile, Figs. 7, 8, and 9, consists of a front part Z, which may be in the form of a rounded or pointed arch. The under side of this ridge-tile isl stepped at b to correspond with and cover the stepped portion of the fiat tiles c. The ridge-tile has a shoulder at /m and a narrower projection or tongue n, and, furthermore, tenons .e e, each adapted to engage in a chamber 7e, which thus constitutes a cooperating mortise.

Tiling is laid in the following' manner: rIhe flat tiles c are hung on the battens by means of the nib-fillet t' in the ordinary manner and the fillets f g it inserted into the grooves between the fillets c d e of the adjacent tile.

Between each two abutting tiles elevations or ridges Z2 stepped on either side, will thus be formed, and over these elevations the ridgetiles l are laid, the tenons .e of which will fit into the chambers which are formed on the junction-line of each two adjacent tiles a, as already explained. y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination with laterally-stepped tiles, of ridge-tiles having counter-steps engaging the steps of the aforesaid tiles.

2. The combination with flat, laterally stepped and recessed tiles, of ridge-tiles having counter-steps and tenons engaging the steps and recesses of the fiat tiles.

3. A tile having stepped sides, transverse fillets at onel end of the top face, nib-fillets on the opposite end and face, and a nib on the j latter face at the end opposite the nib-fillets. 4. A roof-covering comprising a plurality of tiles each having inwardly-stepped and recessed sides, transverse Jfillets at one end of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as their top faces, nib-fillets on the opposite end my invention I have signed my name in pres- I O and face of each tile, aid a nib on the latter ence of two subscribing Witnesses.

face at the opposite en in combination with x r ridge-ti1es having steps adapted to engage the WILHELM LUDOWKI' steps of the aforesaid tiles and tenons on the Vitnesses:

under face of each tile adapted to engage said WALTER HUSING,

recesses. WALTER SCHUMANN. A 

